Blue Stockings

by Jessica Swale

Drama Theatre, AIM Sydney

DIRECTOR/PRODUCER Peta Downes

CAST Kelly Anderson, Javiera Cancino, Lexie Dent,

Bridget-Rose Dutoit, Bridget Garcia, Elizabeth Hoctor,

Thomas Maguire, Caroline McAllister, Darby Minner, Jamie Montgomery, Kianah Nelson, Samuel Newing-Stern,

Maxwell Oliver, Matthew Paliaga, John Palmeri, Emily Parker, Alexandra Smith, Cecilia Strachan, Benjamin Tarlinton,

Tyler Thoroughgood, and Isabella Wagschall.

ASSISTANT DIRECTORS Lexie Dent and Matthew Paliaga

PRODUCTION MANAGERS Bridget Garcia and Darby Minner

STAGE MANAGERS Bridget-Rose Dutoit and Caroline McAllister

SET DESIGNERS Javiera Cancino and Isabella Wagschall

COSTUME DESIGNERS Elizabeth Hoctor and John Palmeri

PROPS DESIGNER Emily Parker

LIGHTING DESIGNER Kianah Nelson

VISUAL DESIGNER Tyler Thoroughgood

SOUND DESIGNERS Benjamin Tarlinton and Maxwell Oliver

PHOTOGRAPHY Heidrun Löhr

SYNOPSIS

It's 1896. Tess Moffat, Celia Willbond, Carolyn Addison and Maeve Sullivan arrive at Girton College as capable, brilliant students who more than match their male counterparts and soon learn they are not welcome at Cambridge. The thought that after three years they will be denied degrees and go home unqualified with the stigma of a ‘blue stocking’ – an unnatural, educated woman - spurs them on to fight the establishment and win the right to graduate.

Then Tess meets Ralph Mayhew, a Trinity College student who is charming and supportive of her with real prospects. Tess is faced with a dilemma. Should she sacrifice her hard-won education for this chance of a marriage or stay the course at Girton and be true to her heart and mind?

BLUE STOCKINGS was a 2017 AIM Dramatic Arts production featuring graduating Bachelor of Performance graduating students.

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